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US 8,703,036 B1Granted
Silicone chew toy
AssigneeFunzone, Inc.
InventorsJoy Kovaleski, Ann Nelson
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Abstract
A chew toy product is made of multiple layers of silicone. Liquid silicone layers are vulcanized to a solid silicone layer to form a unitary solid silicone chew toy. Each of the layers can include a silicone colorant, so the chew toy can have multiple colors.
Claims20
A method of making a silicone chew toy comprising:
- combining a solid silicone material with a first colorant, wherein the first colorant is a liquid silicone material, to obtain a first combination;
- placing the first combination of the solid silicone and first colorant into a first cavity of a mold;
- mixing a liquid silicone material with a second colorant wherein the second colorant is a liquid silicone material, to obtain a second combination;
- placing the second combination of the liquid silicone and second colorant into a second cavity of the mold, wherein the second colorant is a different color from the first colorant;
- layering a solid colored silicone into the mold on top of the silicone mixed with the first colorant and second colorant;
- compressing the mold;
- heating the mold;
- allowing the solid and liquid silicone to cool;
- and
- after allowing the solid and liquid silicone to cool, removing from the mold the silicone chew toy comprising the solid colored silicone that is coupled to the first combination of the solid silicone and first and second colorants.
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A method of making a silicone chew toy comprising:
- mixing liquid silicone with a first silicone color paste;
- loading syringes with the colored liquid silicone;
- inserting the colored liquid silicone in cavities of a mold according to a pattern;
- heating to set the liquid silicone;
- mixing solid silicone with a second silicone color paste;
- layering the solid silicone material into the mold on top of a decoration;
- in the mold, vulcanizing the liquid silicone together with the solid silicone material on top of the decoration, wherein the vulcanizing comprises closing the mold;
- cooling the solid and liquid silicone;
- removing from the mold the silicone chew toy comprising the solid silicone vulcanized to the liquid silicone;
- and
- trimming a silicone flashing.
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A method of making a silicone chew toy comprising:
- combining a solid silicone material with a first colorant, wherein the first colorant is a liquid silicone material, to obtain a first combination;
- placing the first combination of the solid silicone and first colorant into a first cavity of a mold;
- mixing a liquid silicone material with a second colorant wherein the second colorant is a liquid silicone material, to obtain a second combination;
- placing the second combination of the liquid silicone and second colorant into a second cavity of the mold, wherein the second colorant is a different color from the first colorant;
- mixing a liquid silicone material with a third colorant wherein the third colorant is a liquid silicone material, to obtain a third combination;
- placing the third combination of the liquid silicone and third colorant into a third cavity of the mold, wherein the third colorant is a different color from the second colorant;
- the second combination and third combination do not touch each other in the mold, separated by a gap, and the second and third combinations are adjacent to each other without any other intervening colorant combinations;
- heating the second and third combinations to a first temperature;
- layering a solid colored silicone into the mold on top of the silicone mixed with the first colorant and second colorant, wherein a minimum thickness of the solid colored silicone is at least about 12.5 millimeters;
- compressing the mold;
- heating the mold with the first, second, and third combinations to a second temperature, higher than the first temperature;
- allowing the solid and liquid silicone to cool;
- and
- after the allowing the solid and liquid silicone to cool, removing from the mold the silicone chew toy comprising the solid colored silicone that is vulcanized to the first combination of the solid silicone and first and second colorants.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.